Isolation and genotyping of Clostridium perfringens from goats in Minas Gerais, Brazil

ABSTRACT: Despite the known importance of Clostridium perfringens as an enteropathogen in small ruminants, little is known about the role of its additional virulence factors or the frequency of the various C. perfringens genotypes in healthy goats; this complicates the laboratory diagnosis of the in...

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Main Authors: Jordana Almeida Santana, Ana Carolina de Andrade Ferreira, Marina de Castro Campos de Souza, Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira, Magna Coroa Lima, Diogo Soares Gonçalves Cruz, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2018-07-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000700452&lng=en&tlng=en